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Bieber, Usher face $10M copyright suit

NORFOLK, Va. - Two Virginia songwriters are suing Justin Bieber and Usher for $10 million for copyright infringement.javascript:doBilde(1);

Devin Copeland and Mareio Overton claim Bieber's song "Somebody to Love" contains numerous lyrical and stylistic similarities to the song they wrote in 2008 by the same name.

Thet filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Norfolk, Va., claiming that numerous producers conspired to copy their song. A message left Monday with a law firm representing Bieber was not immediately returned.

The lawsuit says Copeland and Overton provided a copy of their song to musical promoters, who provided it to representatives of Usher.

The lawsuit says the song performed by Bieber peaked at No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2010 and was certified platinum.

Hill pays overdue taxes, lawyer says

Hill was due in federal court in Newark, N.J., Monday afternoon. She pleaded guilty last year to not paying taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. Two weeks ago, a judge said Hill had paid only $50,000 of more than $500,000 she owed in federal taxes.

Attorney Nathan Hochman said in an email Monday that Hill recently paid more than $970,000 to satisfy state and federal tax liabilities.

She faces up to a year in prison on each of three counts.

Hill says she signed a recording contract with Sony and that she made a song available on iTunes during the weekend.

- Associated Press

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Two Virginia songwriters are suing Justin Bieber and Usher for $10 million for copyright infringement.

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